Sanket Mahadev Sargar wins silver in men's 55kg weightlifting, gets India's first medal in Commonwealth Games 2022

Sanket Mahadev Sargar won India's first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham by claiming silver in men's 55kg weightlifting with a total lift of 248kg (113+135) on Day 2 at the Games on Saturday. It was kind of a heartbreak for Sanket, who was set for gold but an untimely injury he suferred in his second attempt of the clean and jerk round while for 139kg peggged him back. To everyone's surprise, the 21-year-old Indian did return to attempt a 139kg lift again in his final effort of the clean and jerk round but his right elbow was in no shape to let him carry the load.

In a thrilling end, Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq lifted 142kg - a Commonwealth Games record in clean and jerk - in his final attempt of the clean and jerk round to claim the gold medal with a total lift of 249kg (107+142). Sri Lanka's Dilanka Isuru Kumara Yodage bagged bronze with a total lift of 225kg (105+120).

Sanket's best lift in the clean and jerk round came in his first attempt when the Maharashtra-born athlete managed to pull off a lift of 135 kg.

He had succesfully lifted 107kg in his first attempt in the snatch round and beterred that with 111kg and 113kg lifts in his second and third attempt respectively.